Lalique
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Lychee and bergamot arrive with unexpected coolness, the fruit more refined than fruity, whilst white rose absolute establishes an immediate powdery presence that feels almost creamy. The opening promises florality without excess sweetness, establishing Rêve d'Infini's commitment to restraint.
Freesia and jasmine emerge with a velvety, almost waxy quality, their creaminess tempered by cedarwood's dry grain and peach's subtle stone-fruit warmth. This phase settles into a creamy-powdery floral that feels both comforting and slightly aloof, with no discordant notes jarring the composition's meditative quality.
Vanilla and sandalwood create a warm, powdery base that becomes almost skin-like in its intimacy, the musk adding a whisper of second skin rather than projection. What remains is soft and intimate—a fragrance that clings close, demanding proximity rather than broadcasting itself.
Rêve d'Infini unfolds as a sophisticated meditation on floral sweetness, though one tempered by an almost austere restraint. Richard Ibanez has crafted something that resists the obvious path: rather than letting the lychee dominate the opening with jammy intensity, it sits back, allowing the white rose absolute to establish an immediate powdery formality—there's something almost luminous about how this particular rose rendition carries that cool, slightly aldehydic edge before the fruit even registers. The bergamot arrives not as citrus sharpness but as a translucent counterpoint, gilding the composition without demanding attention.
What makes Rêve d'Infini genuinely compelling is the heart's restraint. Where a lesser perfumer might allow freesia to become cloying (and cheaper freesia accords often do), here it integrates with cedarwood in a manner that suggests restraint and subtlety—the woody grain grounds the floral effusiveness, whilst peach and jasmine add a creamy, almost velvety quality without excess sweetness. This isn't a fragrance for those seeking olfactory maximalism; it's for the wearer who appreciates nuance, who understands that true elegance often whispers rather than shouts.
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